Glacier loss on Kilimanjaro continues unabated

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 19770-19775

  Thompson, L G ^a,b   Brechera, H H ^a   Mosley Thompson, E ^a,b   Hardy, D R ^c   Mark, B G ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climatology; Glacier retreat; Ice cores; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; ICE COVER; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PALEOCLIMATE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE COVER; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 73949143605     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906029106     Document Type: Article

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